Funny Peace! It's a good 'un.

Drinking has been glamorized and used as humor.

It's just another drug of choice.

The problem is that in excess like any drug it leads to bad behavior.

It also is a physical wrecker because it can become addictive.

It's been unjustly called "The Irish curse" but fortunately there are Irish people who
will not fit the stereotype. The late Tommy Makem was a "Pioneer". Never drank.

I think drugs in general have a negative affect on the brain. Alcohol addles it.
Pot smokers in general are not very coherent in a generally intelligent conversation. (They are mostly boring).

I think alcohol may have even more damaging effects